Internal DNS server. Failure, when a client a) registers an IP b) deletes that IP c) registers again

Michael Wood esiotrot at gmail.com
Fri May 31 09:42:33 MDT 2013


Hi

On 31 May 2013 16:40, Günter Kukkukk <linux at kukkukk.com> wrote:

> PS. For all which are a bit unsure about the "allow dns updates"
> smb.conf option:
>
> The default is, from ./lib/param/loadparam.c:
> lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "allow dns updates", "secure only");
>
> Valid settings are, from ./lib/param/param_table.c:
> /* DNS update options. */
> static const struct enum_list enum_dns_update_settings[] = {
>         {DNS_UPDATE_OFF, "disabled"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_OFF, "No"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_OFF, "False"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_OFF, "0"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_OFF, "Off"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "nonsecure and secure"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "nonsecure"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "Yes"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "True"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "1"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "On"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_ON, "enabled"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_SIGNED, "secure only"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_SIGNED, "secure"},
>         {DNS_UPDATE_SIGNED, "signed"},
>         {-1, NULL}
> };
> A note to all users: this unsecure option should only be used during
> testing!
>
> Cheers, Günter
>

Should "allow dns updates = yes" (or "true" or "1" or "on" or "enabled") be
deprecated for 4.1?  It seems like it's likely to be used by mistake
otherwise when the user does not read the documentation properly or copies
an smb.conf from someone's blog etc.

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>


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